Nike Baseball Camp at Coolray Field, directed by Gwinnett Stripers

Camp Coaches

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  Kanekoa "Tex" Texeira

  Camp Director

  Enters his third season as manager of the Stripers in 2026 ... Is the second former Gwinnett player to manage the club (joining Matt Tuiasosopo), and the first former pitcher.

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  Kanekoa "Tex" Texeira

  Camp Director

  • • 2025: Guided the Stripers to a 63-87 record, 16th in the International League ... Earned his 100th career victory with Gwinnett on 6/20 at Charlotte (won 7-3) ... Served as the third base coach on Hall-of-Famer Chipper Jones’ National League staff for the MLB All-Star Futures Game on 7/12 at Truist Park.
    • 2024: Named the eighth manager in Gwinnett history on 1/25/24 ... Led the Stripers to a 72-78 record, T-11th in the International League ... His club finished among the league’s top 3 in Fielding Percentage (1st, .984), ERA (2nd, 4.33), and batting (3rd, .263) ... On 8/17, managed his 500th career MiLB game, a 7-5 win over Norfolk.
    • 2023: Debuted as a Double-A manager with Mississippi, going 62-75 ... Under his leadership, the M-Braves led the Southern League in lowest ERA (3.94) and finished second in both WHIP (1.36) and BAA (.236).
    • 2022: Returned for a second season with Rome and guided the club to a 74-54 mark, third place in the South Atlantic League ... Qualified for the Postseason for the first time in his managerial career ... R-Braves lost their first-round series 2-1 to Bowling Green.
    • 2021: Made his managerial debut with High-A Rome, leading the R-Braves to a 56-60 record and a sixth-place finish in the High-A East.
    • 2017-20: Began his coaching career as a pitching coach, serving that post with rookie-level Danville (2017-18) and Class-A Rome (2019) ... Was slated to return as Rome’s pitching coach in 2020 (season canceled due to COVID-19).
    • Playing Career: Selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 22nd round of the 2006 Draft out of Saddleback College (Mission Viejo, CA) ... Pitched for 11 seasons with 6 different organizations, including the White Sox, New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, and Braves ... Also spent parts of 2 seasons (2013-14) with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the independent Atlantic League.
    • MLB Career: Selected in the MLB phase of the 2009 Rule 5 Draft by Seattle from the New York Yankees ... Pitched for both the Mariners (16G) and Kansas City Royals (27G) during his MLB debut season in 2010 ... Became the fourth Maui native to debut in the Majors ... Returned to pitch 6 times for the Royals in 2011.
    • On the Move: Was traded just once in his career, from the White Sox to the Yankees on 11/13/08 ... Was packaged with OF Nick Swisher in exchange for INF Wilson Betemit, RHP Jeff Marquez, and RHP Jhonny Nunez.
    • With Gwinnett: Over parts of 3 seasons (2014-16), combined to go 10-16 with a 4.33 ERA and 1 save (1-for-4) in 66G (32 starts) with the G-Braves ... In 2015, made history as the first Gwinnett pitcher ever to win 6 consecutive starts (6-0, 3.63 ERA from 7/20-8/15) ... Retired as a professional player with the G-Braves on 8/31/16, retiring both batters faced as part of a combined 2-hit shutout (won 2-0).
    • Winter Leagues: Pitched for Honolulu of the Hawaii Winter Baseball League in 2007 (0-0, 8.31 ERA in 8G) ... In 2013-14, pitched for Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican Winter League (0-0, 0.69 ERA in 14G, 1 start) and Puerto Rico during the Caribbean Series (0-1, 18.00 ERA in 2G) ... Returned to Mayguez in 2014-15 (1-1, 3.80 ERA in 17G) and 2015-16 (5-0, 2.30 ERA in 9G, 8 starts).
    • Career Accolades: Carolina League Midseason All-Star (2008) ... Carolina League Postseason All-Star (2008) ... Gwinnett Braves Community Service Award (2015, 2016).
    • Personal: He and his wife Leo have two daughters ... Attended Kamehameha High School in Oahu, Hawaii ... Originally drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 31st round of the 2004 Draft, but did not sign.
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  Angel Flores

  Camp Director

  Makes his Triple-A coaching debut with the Stripers ... Rejoins Kanekoa Texeira’s staff for the first time since 2021 with High-A Rome.

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  Angel Flores

  Camp Director

  • 2023-25: Managed both Rome (2023, 2025) and Double-A Mississippi (2024) over a 3-year stretch, combining to go 185-211 (.467) over 396 games ... Was the final manager in M-Braves’ history as the club moved to Columbus, Georgia after the 2024 season.
  • Winter Ball (Coaching): Has served as a game planning and third base coach for Idios de Mayaguez of the Puerto Rican Winter League since 2024-25 ... Club won the league championship in his first year.
  • 2022: Had an 18-game stint as Mississippi’s interim manager from 4/26-5/15 while Bruce Crabbe took a leave of absence ... Guided the club to a 10-8 record in that span.
  • 2017-21: Began his coaching career at the lower levels of the Braves organization, serving with both the Gulf Coast League Braves and with Rome.
  • MiLB Career: Selected by the Florida Marlins in the 46th round of the 2003 MLB Draft out of Petra Corretjer High School (Manati, Puerto Rico) ... Played 6 seasons in the Detroit Tigers system (2005-10), reaching as high as Triple-A Toledo.
  • Indy Ball: Finished up his career playing in several different independent leagues over a 6-year span (2010-14, 2016) ... Played for the New Jersey Jackals (2010) of the Canadian-American Association, Lancaster Barnstormers (2011), Bridgeport Bluefish (2012), York Revolution (2014), and Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (2016) of the Atlantic League, and Grand Prairie AirHogs (2013) and Laredo Lemurs (2014) of the American Association.
  • Winter Ball (Playing): Appeared in 3 games with Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Puerto Rican Winter League in 2008-09.